Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:54 pm on 16 December 2020.
Thank you, Llywydd, and thank you to those who've contributed to the debate. May I just say that I am aware of the discussion on that kind of assurance, but we have been able to assure ourselves that the pledges made are meaningful in this context? May I just confirm that the assurances provided in the context of the equality issues in the earlier Bill have been repeated in Parliament in the context of this Bill, so I don't see any problems with asking the Senedd to give its consent to this Bill. We are meeting an important demand in doing that, namely enabling the UK Government to operate our borders more effectively, and that will be important in the context of leaving the European Union, either with a deal or without.